Index: src/vikmapniklayer.c
--- src/vikmapniklayer.c.orig
+++ src/vikmapniklayer.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static VikLayerParamData plugins_default ( void )
 	else if ( g_file_test ( "/usr/lib/mapnik/2.2/input", G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS ) )
 		data.s = g_strdup ( "/usr/lib/mapnik/2.2/input" );
 	else
-		data.s = g_strdup ( "" );
+		data.s = g_strdup ( "${LOCALBASE}/lib/mapnik/input" );
 #endif
 	return data;
 }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static VikLayerParamData fonts_default ( void )
 #elif defined __APPLE__
 	data.s = g_strdup ( "/Library/Fonts" );
 #else
-	data.s = g_strdup ( "/usr/share/fonts" );
+	data.s = g_strdup ( "${LOCALBASE}/share/fonts" );
 #endif
 	return data;
 }
